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Follow this channel for advisories on one of the biggest threats to businesses today. Read a morning brief of fresh guidance and commentary by leading lawyers on security, privacy, risk management, global regulations, data protection, leaks, hacking, cyber insurance, compliance, HIPAA, and every other aspect of cybersecurity of import to corporate readers right now.   less -
Perkins Coie

Cybersecurity for Lawyers: A Series

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If you are an attorney covering cybersecurity, not only do you have to stay on top of ever-evolving legal obligations and risks, you have to be able to speak competently with your technical counterparts....more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] Cybersecurity Resilience in Law Firms - March 6th, 9:00 am PT

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The legal profession faces unprecedented challenges in securing sensitive client data and maintaining the integrity of digital practice. This webinar focuses on law firms seeking useful information about robust cybersecurity...more

TransPerfect Legal

[Webinar] Ethics, Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection - March 8th, 9:00 am - 10:15 am PST

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Join our CLE webinar, "Ethics, Cybersecurity & Data Protection: Mastering Competent Representation," as we explore reasonable steps needed for lawyers to comply with the duty of providing competent representation. Dive into...more

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[Webinar] M365 for Law Firms and Lawyers: Purview Premium eDiscovery and Security, Capabilities and War Stories - August 30th,...

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In the digital age, law firms have faced increased pressure to protect exponentially growing amounts of data under their management, especially since they have become major targets for bad actors seeking to profit by stealing...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] Cyber Sidebar: The NIST Cybersecurity Framework Applied to the Legal Profession - November 15th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

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The legal profession is under constant threat of cyberattacks and breaches. Cybersecurity challenges exist in many contexts but the legal profession is particularly vulnerable due to its federated environment and disparate...more

U.S. Legal Support

[Webinar] Culture of Confidentiality: How to ensure your external vendors are mitigating cybersecurity risk - July 20th, 10:00 am...

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Despite strengthening security across and beyond the business, many legal organizations overlook a critical vulnerability with surprising frequency – the risk presented by third parties. Cybersecurity risk is further...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Cybersecurity Compliance Programs for Law Firms

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Law firms process sensitive information on a daily basis. Confidential client data is targeted by hackers and insiders for a variety of reasons including financial gain or retaliatory purposes. When a law firm has a security...more

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E-Discovery Gold Nuggets

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Offering tips to help legal professionals with e-discovery, Daniel Gold’s “E-Discovery Gold Nuggets” highlight the newest legal technology lessons and challenges. Originally a series of short video clips on LinkedIn, ACEDS is...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Lawyers Encouraged to Vet Tech Vendors Carefully

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Law firms are prime targets for hackers. Why? Because their computer networks contain highly concentrated, high-value information about many parties that is often not well-protected. One often-overlooked vulnerability is the...more

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Putting Data Security First: 3 Simple Steps

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The bad news first. An estimated 3.5 million cybersecurity positions will be unfilled globally by 2021.* Leaving data security entirely up to the professionals isn’t a viable option. Like it or not we’re all on the...more

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Ethics Violations and the Rise of eDiscovery Technology

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A Federal Court judge recently told me that when he asked the lawyer about the ESI (Electronically Stored Information) in his matter, the lawyer replied there wasn’t any. When the judge asked if there were going to be any...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

ABA Provides Guidance for Law Firm Data Breaches

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Lawyers don’t get a free pass when it comes to data security. In fact, ethical rules impose a series of obligations on lawyers when they or their firms are subject to a data breach....more

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Attorneys Must Consider Ethical Obligations Associated with a Data Breach

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Most attorneys are well aware of statutory obligations that require private and governmental entities to notify individuals of data breaches that involve the loss or disclosure of personally identifiable information. An area...more

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Hacking Your Vote From Inside Your Head: How Cambridge Analytica Altered Reality Via Social Media To Induce Specific Voting...

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We learned some important lessons this week about the dangers inherent to losing control of your customer or client data, either through hacking, internal theft, or poorly designed controls over what your business associates...more

Burr & Forman

TN Ethics Opinion Approves Lawyers’ Cloud Storage of Client Data

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Tennessee has joined other states in formally approving lawyers’ cloud-storage of client-confidential data. The Board of Professional Responsibility (“BOPR”) held that lawyers ethically may use cloud storage for...more

Troutman Pepper

SEC Releases First Cybersecurity Enforcement Action for Failure to Protect Client Data

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The SEC’s focus in the action was not on the manner of the firm’s responses to the breach or whether there was any actual harm, but predominantly on the adequacy of the firm’s written policies for safeguarding customer...more

Bracewell LLP

SEC Issues New Guidance on Cybersecurity for Investment Companies and Investment Advisors

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On April 28, 2015, the SEC's Division of Investment Management released a Guidance Update providing cybersecurity guidance for investment companies and investment advisors (firms). The SEC has prioritized cybersecurity as a...more

Adams and Reese LLP

ISO’s Cloud Privacy Standard: A Guide for Lawyers’ “Reasonable Efforts” to Protect Client Information

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Rule 1.1 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct requires that all lawyers provide “competent representation to a client.” In August 2012, the ABA added new language to Model Rule 1.1, comment 8: To maintain the...more

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